Lot 226 , Four Japanese ivory netsuke, an okimono, an octopus and rats, a shi-shi maiju type netsuke, and two figure groups
Four Japanese ivory netsuke, an okimono, an octopus and rats, a shi-shi maiju type netsuke, and two figure groups groups
Estimate £300-400
The figure group - the large sitting figure of a man has a crack in ivory from base through to top of arm.
The shi-shi netsuke has the side of top missing.
The octopus and rats has a split on the tail of the ivory on base
The netsuke with two figures - the main figure has a crack in the ivory from neck through face to top of head
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Sold for £260